A lot of the negative news was baked in to the stock already. |
At some point, you have to have a level of absorption. |
Chip stocks are testing trough valuations but if we have a seasonal pickup the downside is somewhat limited. But if you don't get that seasonal pickup, then chip prices drop and inventory gets dumped in the channel. That's when havoc ensues. |
Fundamentals for the semiconductor industry will continue to be strong but from a stock basis, the growth prospects will be less than they were in 2003. |
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I'm not surprised that there is a sell-off but I'm a little surprised at the magnitude of the sell-off. |
If Intel guides up at all, it's a huge positive, |
If nobody's buying PCs then nobody is buying chips and nobody is buying equipment, ... Having a healthier demand environment gives chip makers more confidence to migrate to leading edge equipment. |
Investors have been looking for excuses to say the chip cycle is over, ... But I'd guess that things don't plateau until mid 2005. |
Obviously whenever inventory builds, in the back of your mind, there's always a little bit of a concern. |
People are confusing some of the normal seasonal slowdown we get in June with being some type of secular change in the environment, |
People are confusing some of the normal seasonal slowdown we get in June with being some type of secular change in the environment. |
People are interested in hearing what back to school trends are occurring because that sets up the holiday season. Whatever Intel says is likely to have a big impact on the state of overall tech demand. |
Samsung has placed price pressure on Intel in flash memory. When Intel raised flash prices last year, Samsung was a big beneficiary, |
This was a pretty good quarter but people may have set unrealistic expectations. |